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succeeded Dr. Warren in the office of president, which office he 
held until 1870 when the state of his health compelled him to re- 
sign the chair. He was one of the original members and first 
officers of the American Association for the Advancement of Sci- 
ence, and was also an original member of the National Academy. 
For many years he acted on the council of the American Academy 
of Arts and Sciences, and was an honored member of many other 
societies. Professor Wyman was of a singularly modest and re- 
tiring disposition, and though a constant and most laborious 
worker, his reluctance to appear in public, and his extreme modesty 
regarding the results he attained, has prevented the world from 
sharing in. but a very small part of his great knowledge, as his 
publications have been comparatively few in number. Ever ready 
to assist and guide those who sought his council he was, while 
scientifically severe, a most genial and thorough friend, and was 
greatly honored and respected by his pupils and friends. 
In his death humanity loses an upright, reliable and strictly 
honest. man, and science one of the most thorough and cautious 
of investigators. 
Tue French Association for the Advancement of Science held 
its third meeting at Lille, Aug. 20th, with a large number of foreign 
scientists in attendance. Over one hundred and fifty persons read 
papers during the meeting. One of the attractions was a visit to the 
new laboratory of experimental zoology at Vimereux, near Bou- 
logne. There was also an excursion to Bruges and Antwerp. The 
session lasted for eight days. 
Tue International Congress of Anthropology and prehistoric 
Archæology opened Aug. 7, at Stockholm, with an attendance of 
800 members, of which more than 300 were foreigners. Everything 
betokened a brilliant meeting. 
Tae new geological survey of Pennsylvania is being pushed 
with much vigor under the direction of Prof. J. P. Lesley i 
$30,000 annually for three years have been voted by the legisla- 
ture. 
PROFESSOR CARL Moesıus left Kiel on the 25th of July for 
auritius. He will remain there five or six months to study the 
marine fauna of the island and make collections for the Prassiat 
Universities. 
